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Panama, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lovelock census division. It lies near Gold Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Rochester quadrangle.

Panama within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Panama between 1993 and 2020, burning about 16,479 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural12
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeBINGO
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresWinnemucca District OfficeINDEPENDENCE
12 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,571 acresWinnemucca District OfficeCOTTONWOOD
1 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution41 acresWinnemucca District OfficeLIMERICK
7 August 1997Power generation/transmission/distribution35 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSACRAMENTO
5 August 2012Natural250 acresWinnemucca District OfficePOWERLINE
5 August 1999Natural13,325 acresWinnemucca District OfficeROCHESTER
22 August 2010Natural3.9 acresWinnemucca District OfficeROCHESTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 139 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 139 workings within 5 miles of Panama: 71 past producers, 29 unknowns, 25 occurrences, 6 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Mercury, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allied Tungsten ProspectSilver, Tungsten, LeadPast ProducerVein
Bluebird ClaimsSilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Barium-BariteOccurrenceVein
Buck and Charley MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1912
Champion Dumortierite MineKyanite, AluminumPast Producer1924, 1925, 1949
Cinnabar City Mercury MineMercury, Antimony, TungstenPast Producer
Dumortierite OccurrenceBoron-Borates, AluminumOccurrence
Gold Crown GroupFluorine-Fluorite, Gold, SilverPast Producer
HaganGold, Arsenic, CopperPast Producer
Hamilton BerylBeryllium, FeldsparProspect
Hamilton Beryl MineBeryllium, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Tin, ZincOccurrenceBeryl, Malachite, Tetrahedrite

Every working recorded in Pershing County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
East Rochester (historical)1.6 miles16
Rochester1.7 miles16
Central Rochester (historical)1.9 miles16
Rochester Heights (historical)1.9 miles16
Vanderwater (historical)2.7 miles16
Lower Rochester2.9 miles16
Fitting3.3 miles16
Stevensville (historical)3.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 850184. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.